noun. The act of one who or that which winters in a specified place or manner.

noun. Provision of fodder, shelter, etc., for cattle during winter.

verb. Present participle of winter.

"The warbler's habitats are precarious due in part to tree-growth patterns in managed timberlands and to the conversion of forests to agricultural lands on Latin American wintering grounds."

hibernating  hibernation  hiemation  latitancy  latitant  

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